Anybody else catch this? What a moment!
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Posted 10 June 2010 - 11:47 AM
Oh I bet it would, hillbilly!
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Posted 10 June 2010 - 11:50 AM
Cool for JR
but...
The Hawks love must end now... get it out of our systems. f***!
but...
The Hawks love must end now... get it out of our systems. f***!
Edited by HankthaTank, 10 June 2010 - 12:03 PM.
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Posted 10 June 2010 - 11:52 AM
thats awesome
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Posted 10 June 2010 - 11:53 AM
To wit; I was the kid who cried in 94,94,96.
Thank God for Steve Yzerman.
Thank God for Steve Yzerman.
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Posted 10 June 2010 - 11:54 AM
I live in Philly (not Flyers fan) and up until that moment JR was one of the more beloved former players in Philly... Not anymore
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Posted 10 June 2010 - 11:55 AM
Yeah, I caught that, never underestimate the power of live TV.
JR may have been a Red Wing hater, but he has never been shy about letting you know what he is thinking or feeling, and it is understandable that he would get emotional, the closest he ever came to winning the Cup came when he was a Blackhawk, and to watch his former team hoisting the Cup in person must have been a bittersweet moment for him, like most recently retired players, he probably feels like he could still be playing and would probably have come back another year for free if he could have been guaranteed another shot at the Cup.
JR may have been a Red Wing hater, but he has never been shy about letting you know what he is thinking or feeling, and it is understandable that he would get emotional, the closest he ever came to winning the Cup came when he was a Blackhawk, and to watch his former team hoisting the Cup in person must have been a bittersweet moment for him, like most recently retired players, he probably feels like he could still be playing and would probably have come back another year for free if he could have been guaranteed another shot at the Cup.
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Posted 10 June 2010 - 11:59 AM
I was dumbfounded when he started to cry.
Nice human moment, even if he is a huge ******.
Nice human moment, even if he is a huge ******.
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Posted 10 June 2010 - 12:01 PM
JR may have been a Red Wing hater
Remember how close he was to signing with the Wings in 01? He would have won his cup.
"Scotty hated the world and treated everybody the same, from me to Steve Yzerman,'' Legace said. ''Scotty would rip anybody, and had the personality of ant."
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Posted 10 June 2010 - 12:10 PM
That was a nice moment. Gotta feel for the players who never get a chance to lift Lord Stanley.
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Posted 10 June 2010 - 12:12 PM
Remember how close he was to signing with the Wings in 01? He would have won his cup.
Yes, I do. That is probably the number 1 reason he hated on the Wings so much, kicking himself for what could have been.
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Posted 10 June 2010 - 12:14 PM
Yes, I do. That is probably the number 1 reason he hated on the Wings so much, kicking himself for what could have been.
Revisionist history is always fun. If he did sign in 01, do we win the cup in 02? Who knows, regardless he made his bed and he'll have to sleep in it. I never hated the guy, found him kind of intresting, but he tied his horse to a team that never seemed to understand no goalie, no cup.
Edited by theman19, 10 June 2010 - 12:14 PM.
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Posted 10 June 2010 - 12:18 PM
Yes, I do. That is probably the number 1 reason he hated on the Wings so much, kicking himself for what could have been.
As much as he hated on the Wings, I always did like him. One of the few guys out there who would say what he actually wanted to say as opposed to being politically correct for every interview. A lot like Chelios.
"Scotty hated the world and treated everybody the same, from me to Steve Yzerman,'' Legace said. ''Scotty would rip anybody, and had the personality of ant."
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Posted 10 June 2010 - 12:43 PM
To wit; I was the kid who cried in 94,94,96.
Thank God for Steve Yzerman.
Getting swept by the Devils was so brutal. So frigging brutal.
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Posted 10 June 2010 - 01:37 PM
He was such a loudmouth prick, that I'm glad in a way that he never won the Cup.
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Posted 10 June 2010 - 01:38 PM
I was dumbfounded when he started to cry.
Nice human moment, even if he is a huge ******.
That was a nice moment. Gotta feel for the players who never get a chance to lift Lord Stanley.
I really hope he isn't known as a crybaby now. I feel for the guy. I'd probably feel the same as him if I was in the same situation. Plus, he first came into the NHL with the Blackhawks. Give the guy a break.
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Posted 10 June 2010 - 01:41 PM
Revisionist history is always fun. If he did sign in 01, do we win the cup in 02? Who knows, regardless he made his bed and he'll have to sleep in it. I never hated the guy, found him kind of intresting, but he tied his horse to a team that never seemed to understand no goalie, no cup.
And until this year, that was unwise of him.
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Posted 10 June 2010 - 02:14 PM
wow JR is really huge! wouldn t surprise me this guy is on roids
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Posted 10 June 2010 - 03:25 PM
Wow. Am I really the only one that was disgusted by this? The guy openly routed against Chicago in the Conference and Cup finals...
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He said recently on a Philadelphia radio station that if forced, he'd root for the Flyers.
"I said if you had a gun to my head, I said I did have to [root for the Flyers]," Roenick said on "The Waddle & Silvy Show" on ESPN 1000. "I didn't want to leave in 1996. If I have to choose, then I have to choose, that's just what it is."
Roenick said he'd also root for the Sharks against the Hawks.
"If you put a gun to my head, I got to go with the Sharks," Roenick said. "[Sharks GM] Doug Wilson gave me the most unbelievable opportunity at the end of my career, to revitalize and finish on a high note.
And then he is all teary eyed saying, "It's the Hawks man."
To me this was just classic JR making the Hawks great moment all about him. There are tons of great NHL players to never win a cup. I'm sure Mike Gartner & Pat LaFontaine are not feeling sorry for him. And then Milbury consoling him just made it worse. Yet another reason why I hate nbc's coverage. Wish I could have been watching CBC.
Call me a heartless hater all you want, but this made me sick.
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He said recently on a Philadelphia radio station that if forced, he'd root for the Flyers.
"I said if you had a gun to my head, I said I did have to [root for the Flyers]," Roenick said on "The Waddle & Silvy Show" on ESPN 1000. "I didn't want to leave in 1996. If I have to choose, then I have to choose, that's just what it is."
Roenick said he'd also root for the Sharks against the Hawks.
"If you put a gun to my head, I got to go with the Sharks," Roenick said. "[Sharks GM] Doug Wilson gave me the most unbelievable opportunity at the end of my career, to revitalize and finish on a high note.
And then he is all teary eyed saying, "It's the Hawks man."
To me this was just classic JR making the Hawks great moment all about him. There are tons of great NHL players to never win a cup. I'm sure Mike Gartner & Pat LaFontaine are not feeling sorry for him. And then Milbury consoling him just made it worse. Yet another reason why I hate nbc's coverage. Wish I could have been watching CBC.
Call me a heartless hater all you want, but this made me sick.
Edited by Yzerman#19, 10 June 2010 - 03:25 PM.
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Posted 10 June 2010 - 05:05 PM
Wouldn't surprise me either. It's pretty common among NHL players. People just don't talk about it.wow JR is really huge! wouldn t surprise me this guy is on roids
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Posted 10 June 2010 - 05:12 PM
"I couldn't see him crying," explained Patrick Roy, "because I had two of my four Stanley Cup rings covering my eyes."
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